67.2009

Quackers drying off.

66.2009

Fireworks in my neighborhood.

65.2009

Independence Day in 'Murica.

64.2009

America

63.2009

I shot this for the News Leader today. This is a rooftop garden at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center used to grow peppers, eggplants, tomatoes and fresh herbs for the restaurant.

62.2009

Tim Wood, 62, is losing more of his memory every day to Alzheimer's disease. It was difficult photographing him, while on my way out he came out and met me at my car. He nodded toward the back of the house, saying something about "back there," maybe he was asking if I could come back-I wasn't sure. I asked "what's back there?" He responded flatly "I don't know."

61.2009

Vultures in the rain.
No, this is not the name of my new screamo band.

60.2009

Carmel needed some promo photos.

59.2009

I call this the "bad touch black knight."

58.2009

Ted Grudzinski, right of Churchville and Allen Ohaver of New Mexico taste wines Saturday. Grudzinski closed his eyes as he tasted the Barren Ridge Vinyards wine, saying it was "divine." Grudzinski was wearing a tweed coat in the heat of the middle of the afternoon. The heat index was somewhere above 90 degrees, but I guess when your business card bills you as a "Musician. Composer. Wine Consultant. Poet." you can wear whatever you want in oppressive heat.

More on my Flickr from the wine festival. I've been shooting way more with direct flash these days, probably inspired by Martin Parr. Can I get his job when he's done with it?